Sandy KH’s

Peek at the Week

September 2009

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

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Day 1 – Media Day 2 – PE Day 3 – Music Day 1 – Media Day 2 -PE

MAP Testing Spelling Test

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Reading Spanish 5 GRADE
2:20-3:20 CURRICULUM Friday Activity
NIGHT Day
6:00-7:00pm
Parents only please

MAP TESTING IMPORTANT DATES: PATROL UPDATE

MAP Testing will begin next
week. MAP stands for Measures
of Academic Progress. We will
be taking this test three times
throughout the year to monitor
the progress of each student in
reading and math.
We have set up a website for all the 5th grade classes this year.
 9/23 – 5th Grade Curriculum Night All patrols were trained in on Tuesday
6:00 – 7:00pm by Deputy Kirk from Ramsey County.
 10/14 – No School (Staff Development) There are two teams of patrols – the
 10/15 – No School (MEA) orange team and the black team. One
 10/16 – No School (MEA) team will be on duty for two weeks,
while the other team has those two
weeks off. Please check the schedules
CLASS WEBSITE: posted at school and on the class
website.
Please check it out!

http://www.fifthgradeteam.weebly.com
 CLASS NEWS
September 21 – September 25
WHAT HAVE WE BEEN UP TO?
HOMEWORK
This week we started our new math The first homework packet of
curriculum. Our first unit focuses on fluency the year went home today.
and computation. We are learning different Students will be getting a
strategies to help us with our multiplication homework packet every
and division facts. Look for daily math Friday and are expected to
homework coming home each day. complete and return it the
We also started our first IB Planner, following Friday.
titled The Human Machine. We worked with Please read the cover page of
the circulatory system and the respiratory the homework for more
system. specific directions.
We also started spelling this week.
Each Monday, we will do a pre-test so that
students know which words they need to
study. We will also be spending 20 minutes
each day throughout the week working on
our spelling words in some way. This will
be done at school. You may help your child Sandy KH’s Class 2009-10
spell the words at home. They will be in
their Tracker each week.
Next week we will start MAP testing
and also have our first Spanish class of the CONTACT
PLAN AHEAD INFORMATION:
year!
5th Grade Curriculum Night is
scheduled for Wednesday, Sandy Kriz-Herbert
September 23 from 6:00- Room 113
BOOK ORDERS 7:00pm. We are looking (651) 407-7600 x1608
Our first book orders of the year is coming home forward to seeing you there skkriz@wbl.whitebear.k12.mn.us
Monday. Please make checks out to Scholastic and discussing important
information about the 5th grade
Book Clubs if you plan on ordering books.
curriculum and activities
Orders are due back next Monday, September planned for this year.
28. If any parents are interested in being in
charge of book orders this year, please email me.